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workinonit posted:Well they are doing this: http://www.spin.com/articles/blur-headlining-olympics-best-british-show David Bowie retired permanently years ago for health reasons, and as much as I love The Fall the idea of them doing a gig like this is laughable. e: 313CE Mark E Smith was probably born about now. Cerv fucked around with this message at 11:36 on Mar 18, 2012 |
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workinonit posted:Cameron's continuing his aping of Tony Blair by pretending that there's been no good British music post-1997! He's not far wrong, tbh.
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Mar 18, 2012 20:56
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Mickolution posted:He's not far wrong, tbh. He is...
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Mar 18, 2012 21:09
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Metrication posted:He is... Well of course I was being facetious, but to be honest, other than Radiohead and Blur, I can't think of anyone British I'd like to see who are capable of playing a show that size, who have released anything of note since 1997. I'm surprised it's not just the likes of Paul McCartney or The Stones playing this, tbh, though isn't Albarn involved in the opening ceremony?
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Mar 18, 2012 22:52
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Mickolution posted:Well of course I was being facetious, but to be honest, other than Radiohead and Blur, I can't think of anyone British I'd like to see who are capable of playing a show that size, who have released anything of note since 1997. Can't you?
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Mar 19, 2012 00:20
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Take everyone down to Croydon for some dubstep.
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Z-Magic posted:Can't you? They're not British, thought they'd certainly be hauled out if we had the Olympics this year. Who do you think they got to play for Obama when he was here? Mickolution fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Mar 19, 2012 |
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It seems pretty clear to me that Piers Morgan has embraced his persona a lot since he branched out into a TV career, I'm almost positive he isn't like that in private. He's (unfortunate to say it) too powerful and accomplished to be a snivelling little shitebag to everyone he meets. He has plenty of showbix friends that seem to genuinely like him, I think he plays the character up when he's on telly, he's probably well aware it's an angle he's using.
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Metrication posted:Take everyone down to Croydon for some dubstep. Croydon is still probably a loving wasteland from last years riots and the fact its Croydon.
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Mar 19, 2012 03:58
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Grand National to be on Channel 4 from next year I have no idea how good Channel 4's coverage is, but at least it isn't Sky.
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It's on the list of events that have to be free to air, no? Will be weird for it to not be on the BBC, though.
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Mar 19, 2012 14:48
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C4 does a million hours of racing coverage a year, so they have the experience and infrastructure. BBC is really having a fire sale with its sports rights.
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Leon with a Zero posted:Croydon is still probably a loving wasteland from last years riots and the fact its Croydon. Croydon is alright, there's much worse places in South London.
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Mar 19, 2012 15:56
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the trophy presentation on university challenge was probably the most awkward thing seen on tv this year.
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Mar 19, 2012 21:40
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Cerv posted:the trophy presentation on university challenge was probably the most awkward thing seen on tv this year. Worth it for the question "Who painted this in 1914?"  Adolf Hitler
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Mar 19, 2012 21:45
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I also enjoyed "just naming the planet from Holst would be too easy, so name their largest moon as well" being followed by 2 / 3 wrong planet names. muppets.
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Mar 19, 2012 21:54
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HoldYourFire posted:Worth it for the question "Who painted this in 1914?" God, his perspective is poo poo, no wonder he had to go into politics. Legit the worst thing he's done outside of ruining the toothbrush moustache.
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reality_groove posted:C4 does a million hours of racing coverage a year, so they have the experience and infrastructure. They don't do that much any more, do they? I thought it was mostly satellite other than the big meetings these days. They certainly have the pedigree, though.
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Mar 19, 2012 22:45
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Only Connect Sports Relief was on today too. Featured Victoria Coren wearing sweatbands as their sole concession to the charity. Also, one of the teams was named "The Cutters". Did we come to a conclusion about Dirk Gently? I thought the christmas special was awful, but this last series seemed sort of good.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Only Connect Sports Relief was on today too. Featured Victoria Coren wearing sweatbands as their sole concession to the charity. Also, one of the teams was named "The Cutters". Oh for gently caress's sake. Uni Challenge final didn't record for some reason, then I discover I missed an Only Connect. Two programs I could have watched while eating my tea 
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Carpet posted:Oh for gently caress's sake. Uni Challenge final didn't record for some reason, then I discover I missed an Only Connect. Two programs I could have watched while eating my tea iPlayer that poo poo
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Bloody Anne Widdicombe is on the Sooty and Sweep show on Citv. Why do they let that woman on television?
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Mar 20, 2012 11:51
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Cerv posted:the trophy presentation on university challenge was probably the most awkward thing seen on tv this year. At least Manchester won it again - my flatmate was on the team that won in 2005 and I'd have been pissed off at not being able to see the trophy presentation on the day at the studios. That said watching Paxman swear when he got one of the University introductions wrong was funny 
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Mar 20, 2012 11:55
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iPlayer on Xbox today  can't actually think of a reason i'm still paying for virgin at this point (i can it's my flatmates being stubborn)
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Mar 20, 2012 13:02
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As a non console haver I'm waiting for YouView: http://www.youview.com/ Looks like it will be a while though.
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Mar 20, 2012 13:17
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David Mitchell and Victoria Coren are engaged :3 http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-03-20/david-mitchell-and-victoria-coren-announce-engagement
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Yea a friend just told me, best news ever. Their children will be our overlords, and I welcome it. Edit: Hell a Mitchell-Coren zygote would be a better Prime Minister than the tosser we have now.
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Awwww, good to hear for David Mitchell.Cerv posted:iPlayer on Xbox today 4oD is out, iPlayer is in for me too now.
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DaWolfey posted:David Mitchell and Victoria Coren are engaged :3 They are going to make some awkward children. Wow. Can we talk about Heather from Eastenders? One of the most hyped-up soap deaths ever. I was expecting Ben Mitchell to murder her in some hideous, violent bloodbath, but she ended up being killed by.... a photo frame.
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Mar 20, 2012 14:41
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Coren needs to get pregnant quick so little Baby Mitchell can rule nursery along with Baby Brooker.
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netally posted:They are going to make some awkward children. Wow. Oh what? I haven't watched Eastenders for ages, but I had soft spot for Heather. Didn't even know she was leaving. What happened?
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Ben Soosneb posted:Oh what? I haven't watched Eastenders for ages, but I had soft spot for Heather. Didn't even know she was leaving. What happened?
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Mar 20, 2012 22:31
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Metrication posted:As a non console haver I'm waiting for YouView:
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Pablo Bluth posted:the latest rumours are pointing towards a mid-May launch. This is good news. I see a lot of people are the declaring the death of this thing before it's even launched, but I just want something that will stream to my TV without paying any more than the cost of an internet connection and a set top box. Apple TV would be my first preference but having to jailbreak it to get on demand content is too much hassle.
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Metrication posted:This is good news. I see a lot of people are the declaring the death of this thing before it's even launched, but I just want something that will stream to my TV without paying any more than the cost of an internet connection and a set top box. Apple TV would be my first preference but having to jailbreak it to get on demand content is too much hassle. That looks a lot like SeeSaw, is it the same thing, or a relaunch or something?
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Project Kangaroo was the BBC, ITV and C4s attempt to setup a single website for paid VoD. It got slapped down as anti-competitive, the remains for sold off and relaunched as SeeSaw before dying. Project Canvas, now Youview, is a subsequent and bigger collaboration which is attempting to define a technology standard for everybody to offer their own product. So just as you can walk in to a shop and ask for a Freeview box and know what you're getting, you should be able to go in to a shop and ask for a Youview box and know what you're getting. There seems to be a popular view that due to an extended gestation, it's missed the boat. But look at the umpteen array of propriety 'Connected TVs', each with their own half-baked garden walled services, and it's clear the boat hasn't even been built yet.
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I did not realise they'd done a mini series of Dirk Gently after the one-off, and having binged through it on iPlayer I (a) love it and (b) it's proof that both ITV and Welded Tandem can do Good Things if they are making stuff with a solid, well developed base, and a decent enough budget (and Welded Tandem are prevented from making balls like This Is Jinsy) So I'd like some more of that please Mr Klein.
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Pablo Bluth posted:There seems to be a popular view that due to an extended gestation, it's missed the boat. But look at the umpteen array of propriety 'Connected TVs', each with their own half-baked garden walled services, and it's clear the boat hasn't even been built yet. All the attempts by technology companies have been pretty laughable so far, particularly Google's (yospos bitch etc). The content providers who make a living from TV are definitely going be more successful at this kind of thing in my opinion. At the very basic level they understand the market they are broadcasting to, something that Google and others have little knowledge.
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Cerv posted:iPlayer on Xbox today I'm surprised you don't need xbox gold to use it. Was that why it's appearing on xbox so much later than on the other consoles?
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Spalec posted:I'm surprised you don't need xbox gold to use it. Was that why it's appearing on xbox so much later than on the other consoles? Yep.
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